The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-21

great believer in the efficacy of electricity
as a medical agent returned and described
| the case to u.s.
1.-The girl, who was about II years old
and very beautiful in rude sort of way,
had been standing at sink washing dishes,
when she had suddenly leaned forward and
remained so, i'll a kind of cataleptic condi-
ton until her mother came to her, probably
an hour later.
"She had seemed all right afterward and
could not explain exactly how she had been
seized. Afterward, another day, the same
thing had occurred, as she stood hanging
out clothes She had remained with her arms
uplitted, in one position, till she had been
brought away and aroused. But the occa.
sion which had most seriously alarmed
them, and which had caused the father
to bring a physician, was that she had
lain down, and been found in this stupid
condition, from which they had failed to
arouse her.
"Dr. French had worked over her an
hour and half before she recovered the
possession of consciousness. But he
asserted if he had had a medical electrical
battery he could have restored her immedi-
ately.
AT this Edison become quite excited
and declared if he could get some cd cells
and a coil from the operator he could pro-
| vide the necessary current So Ed son
rugged up a rude kind of battery and
went down with French to operate on
the girl the next time she had one of her at
| tacks
lone of the whims Of the girl was, when
emerg ng from her cataleptic state, TO grasp
whatever was nearest he so as Edison hap
pened to be there with the sponge on the
| back of her neck treating her to a dose of
electricity she took fast hold Of him. The
father saw this and supposed the girl to be
in love with the eec rician. He and the
mother talked the matter over, and came to
to tine conclusion that the electrical appli-
ance was a sort of Internal machine or pail
ter by which this stranger was winning the
affections of the girl
"'See here, stranger sa d the man to
! Edison, if you mean business all right
| Edison bowed very gravely, hearing not a
word. Cure the girl up and you can marry
her. There's fifty head o. cattle you can run
of and if you want to, as you look mighty
| seedy yourself. don't suppose you're worth
a dime, air yen Ellison seeming to under
stand thata negative was required, shook
his head at this.
Il thought so; just what | told my wom-
an. But that gals the apple o my eye,
| and if she bankers arter ye she's goin' to
have ye; and some of them men who
seem to rather like ye if you air a poor
cuss can witness the thing and bring down
| Justice
Again Edison bowed.
French then thought it was about time
an end was put to the business and hurried
the telephone man off to Separation, and the
rest of us went down and explained the
| stu alton to the ranchman, telling him that
Edison was deaf and lunatlc, and knew
absolutely nothing except a little about cleo
tricity, which he could show the mother
how to apply to the girl in case of re-
newal of the attack, which, however,
seemed doubtful, as the disease had SO
swiftly succumbed to the strong measures
| used
"We all Clipped in and made up purse
for the girl, Edison heading the list with a
big su II.
''The girl married the next year, / found
afterward, and is as buxom a woman as
you'd wish to s en